ὠρεῖν (ὠρεύειν)
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
οὐρανόν
Transliteration (Word)
ouranos
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
ōrein vel ōreuein
Century
1 AD
Source
quidam
Ref.
De natura deorum 1.1
Ed.
C. Lang, Cornuti theologiae Graecae compendium, Leipzig, 1881
Quotation
Ὁ οὐρανός, ὦ παιδίον, περιέχει κύκλῳ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλατταν καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τὰ ἐν θαλάττῃ πάντα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ταύτης ἔτυχε τῆς προσηγορίας, οὖρος ὢν ἄνω πάντων καὶ ὁρίζων τὴν φύσιν· ἔνιοι δέ φασιν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὠρεῖν ἢ ὠρεύειν τὰ ὄντα, ὅ ἐστι φυλάττειν, οὐρανὸν κεκλῆσθαι, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ ὁ θυρωρὸς ὠνομάσθη καὶ τὸ πολυωρεῖν· ἄλλοι δὲ αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁρᾶσθαι ἄνω ἐτυμολογοῦσι
